Case Study: Major Aerospace/Defense Contractor achieves 2.5-day calibration turnaround and $1.3M annual savings with Keysight Services

Major Aerospace/Defense Contractor Dramatically Reduces Calibration Turnaround Time Using Keysight Services

Major Aerospace/Defense Contractor Service Provider was facing lengthy test-equipment calibration turnaround times (typically 30–45 days) and soaring costs from maintaining a loaner pool and rentals (about $25,000/week), creating a growing seven-figure problem. The customer engaged Keysight (Keysight Services) to reduce calibration TAT and lower overall test-asset costs.

Keysight Services implemented sophisticated asset tracking and process monitoring, set up and staffed a state-of-the-art on-site calibration lab (including Z540-1 calibration services), and retrained the contractor’s personnel to run the operation. As a result, Keysight cut calibration turnaround time to an average of 2.5 days and enabled an estimated $1.3 million in annual maintenance cost savings.